Caravan Water Concerns

Fear not, she won't use the caravan water system to claim on the insurance On the other hand

 I see you are from Yorkshire. Don't mention the Hospital but ask her if her big boss is called Mark

Stick wtih drinking wine. It is much safer.

I am careful to sterilise my water, if not boiled, with scotch.

On a serious note on a 12 month old caravan 9 years ago we had a chemical off-taste and used 

https://www.leisureshopdirect.com/water/caravan-plumbing/water-tanks/puri-sol-300ml-bottle-water-tank-cleaner

h64ahe, here are some conclusions I have come to over 30 years of caravanning. Some of the smaller sites, eg farms, get their water from a well and not from the mains. Unfamiliar water can affect you, so we have four old plastic milk bottles which we fill with home water and take with us in the car, so for the first couple of days we are drinking our own home water, which is soft, not hard water. When they are empty we refill from the tap and don't drink via the caravan pipes. Some members like myself have found the inner lining of the blue pipe between barrel and caravan is coated with a black slime, I cut one open, no doubt with lots of bacteria so I bought a new blue pipe and submersible pump, The slime is caused by the sun and heat shinning on the water in the pipe that could be stationary for hours. You can overcome possible risks easily.

We have a 2014 Quasar and have not had any problems like you describe nor have we come accross it in the 33 years we have had caravans. I can only think it is probably calcium as it is in both taps but could not rule out something left in the pipes during construction. I would have it checked out to be on the safe side if you can find someone willing to do this for a reasonable price.

Try phoning the local Public Health Dept at the Town Hall and ask if they will test water for you.

Like Tigerfish I virtually never worry about water. Having drunk from Garden hoses, ponds etc, when young, and visited Spain when Spanish Tummy was rife, I believe I have now built an inner resistance. One of my 3 children is an avid bottled water user and she has more stomach upsets than the other two that drink from a tap.We do have a filter in the caravan which we have changed once a year at the annual service. Not sure whether it does it's job throughout the whole year or not.

Being quite susceptible to tummy things I fill a 5 litre bottle at the tap but that doesn't mean I am a clean freak.  Last week I cleaned the soap tray in the washing machine which makes me wonder what goes on with the water supply!  

Fear not, she won't use the caravan water system to claim on the insurance On the other hand

 I see you are from Yorkshire. Don't mention the Hospital but ask her if her big boss is called Mark

Not quite Yorkshire Fysh, but apparently where I live used to be before boundary changes. Now Stockton on Tees Unitary authority ( catchy it aint ), so no her big boss was not called Mark

Ok LB, I know where you mean.